Absence without official authorization (AWOL)
Compiled text through Jul 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
No later Register activity identified in this check.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Jul 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
A youth, as defined in section 181.4 of this Part, must be identified as AWOL under one or more of the following circumstances:
(a)the youth leaves a Division for Youth program or facility or authorized agency program or facility without permission;
(b)the youth fails to arrive at or return to a Division for Youth program or facility or authorized agency program or facility on an assigned date;
(c)the youth fails to comply with stipulations governing a home visit;
(d)the youth leaves a staff member while on a community visit (movie, camping, etc.);
(e)whenever a program director or designee has reason to believe the youth is AWOL (as indicated by the youth's failure to be in attendance at an assigned program); or
(f)a youth must be considered as AWOL as soon as his/her absence (under one or more of the circumstances described above) is discovered.